I would say the event "looms" but that would be an exaggeration.

Despite Vietnam's many attractions, one event from its recent past still looms above them all.

Similar events loom on the horizon.

Little details must go on, even when large events are looming.

But in Brooklyn, school very often ended with graduation from high school, and that event was looming ever closer as 1963 passed into 1964.

A small event can loom large in colorless and isolated lives; but Francoise felt a premonition of evil.

Modern Vietnam has many attractions, says Tim Jepson, but one event from its recent past still looms above all others.

Even then I realized that things would never be the same, that terrible events loomed.

"No." The event loomed so large in Mollie's life it surprised her to learn it hadn't sounded an alarm throughout the entire party.

Keep reading for tips on how to interpret the phrase if such an event looms on your social horizon.